American, 20th century, comprising; cane with figural carved man’s head, Harmon Young, Forest Park, Clayton County, Georgia, circa 1972, 36-5/8 x 7/8 x 6-3/8 in.; walking stick with carved decoration of a woman, walnut, maker unknown, Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, circa 1900, 37 x 2 x 1-1/4 in.; staff with carved snake and alligators, traditional Southern shotgun house, and lynching scene, maker unknown, Georgia, 32-3/4 x 1-1/8 x 1 in.; figural walking stick with carved snake and lizard, maker unknown, Georgia, 36-1/2 x 1 x 6 in.

Provenance: From the Folklife Collection of Southern Pottery Scholar, Author and Professor of English at Georgia State University, Dr. John Burrison, Atlanta, Georgia

Note: Walking stick with woman pictured in Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South by John A. Burrison, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2000, pg. 70

Exhibited: Previously on Loan at the Atlanta History Center for viewing in the exhibition Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in the Changing South from 1996 to 2024